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- Abundant No Matter What - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2011 from Laurie PappasThe other day, as I found myself reading, for the millionth time, about our failing economy, I thought about all those who are struggling financially right now, and the enormous burden of fear and insecurity that seems to be running rampant among so many of us right now. I was in the process of ...
Views: 1525(3 votes) - Attitude Adjustment - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2014 from Tina TessinaI have written in this column recently about emotional hygiene, and doing the necessary maintenance on feelings as well as your physical body and household. Health reminders tell us to wash our hands frequently to prevent transmittal of diseases. Did you know you can “wash” your ...
Views: 1525 - Your Field Of Influence - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2010 from Holly Mae HowardHello, You Beautiful Snowflakes! You are one of a kind, even if you feel ordinary today. Your field of influence is HUGE! You may only know a few people, and you may only associate with fewer than that, but if you open up and see how large your energy field is, you'll start to remember that ...
Views: 1525(3 votes) - Foreclosure and You: How Writers Teach Us to Follow Our Dreams - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Jeff BrownIt appears that in order to teach us, writers use vehicles that are extreme. Here the vehicle used to teach us the lesson of hope is foreclosure. The losing of property, a home is a metaphor for losing the American dream. Of course, we have all herd of the phrase “Dream home,” and “Cute little ...
Views: 1524 - Embrace The Uncomfort Zone - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaHave you ever been involved in a strength training regimen? If you have, you'll know what I'm saying to be the truth. It's that they talk a lot about, and teach a lot about, and practice, repetitions. They practice stepping it up—so that the next time, you can do more. They talk about adding ...
Views: 1523(2 votes) - Prepare For Success - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Max-Marc FossouoSuccess doesn’t just happen. It’s envisioned, it’s prepared, it’s measured, and it’s managed. On this post I share two important points you need to be aware of in order to succeed. I was just watching the game 7 of the NBA final 2010 and Kobe Bryant the MVP was saying at the interview on ESPN ...
Views: 1522(1 vote) - The Wisdom of Kinky Boots: Follow Your Intuition, Believe in Your Vision and Ignore the Naysayers - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Elaine WellmanOn a recent Spring evening, I sat in the audience at the Broadway musical excited to see Kinky Boots and not knowing much about the plot … or the wisdom of the lead character and real life shoemaker Charlie Price. Prior to Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper wisely teaming up to create the ...
Views: 1522(1 vote) - What is holding you back in life? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2015 from Emese BodiHave you ever wondered why some people get great results, while others don't? Why is it that for some, achieving goals is easy, while for others, it's a struggle? It all has to do with your subconscious beliefs. Your beliefs are the foundation on which your thoughts, behaviours and actions ...
Views: 1522(1 vote) - Surround Yourself With Successful People - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Young KimSeth works at a camera shop. Seth isn't a photographer. Seth actually majored in graphic design. He had difficulty finding work as a freelance designer, and couldn't find any work in the corporate world either. So he took jobs in retail and eventually ended up at the camera shop. Seth's ...
Views: 1521(3 votes) - Change Your Thoughts Change Your Results - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Julianna GauthierThere are many popular books out today about how to change your brain. This of course is referring to changing your attitude, or more importantly - your thoughts. Your attitude determines every area of your life, and your thoughts determine your destiny. Change thoughts, change results, it's ...
Views: 1520(1 vote) - It Sounds So Easy, But Where Do I Start? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Pat MussieuxThere is no passion to be found... in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. ~ Nelson Mandela I was just on a phone call with a very close friend and we were discussing the content of my articles over the past few months. The title of this article is actually ...
Views: 1520(9 votes) - "It Starts With Ourselves" - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2012 from Susan FoxleySince I was a very young child, I was given the gift of deep compassion for other people’s pain. For some reason it was almost as if I could jump into other people’s bodies and see through their eyes and hear through their ears. I knew how they felt and it would literally break my heart. ...
Views: 1519 - BE KIND TO YOURSELF - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Jennifer Elizabeth MastersSelf Deprecating Comments Have No Place in Your Head On the path to the heart it is important to love yourself. Loving yourself is more than saying “I love you” in front of a mirror. Loving yourself provides a deep feeling of being grounded and inner peace. Not that long ago, I was ...
Views: 1519 - Closing the Mind to Negativity - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Albert GaroliMany experts will provide various ways for people to think, act and speak positively about themselves as a form of auto-suggestion. If you walk the walk and talk the talk you become what you put out. Express positivity and you will feel good about yourself and a constant upward ...
Views: 1519(9 votes) - One Extremely Important Lesson - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Stephen MartileVacations are great, aren’t they? It’s a great time to relax, reconnect with friends and family and enjoy the moment. The week before last I was in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico. I was there with Trisha, my brother and a few of our friends. We had such a blast. I love vacations. I’ve enjoyed ...
Views: 1519 - You’re Worth It! - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Eugene Yiga“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” – Lucile Ball It’s been said that most people fear public speaking more than death. I always found that a little strange but it’s starting to make sense. That’s because it’s also been ...
Views: 1519(4 votes) - Shift Happens - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Camille StrateThe ability to reach out and ask for help isn’t something that comes easily to some folks. Pride keeps them from showing their vulnerabilities. Fear keeps them stuck. But when they make that little shift and see that the asking is as much a gift as it is a favor, everything changes. ...
Views: 1518(2 votes) - Stop Feeling Down - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2009 from Robert (Bob) CannonToday it is snowing again and we are expecting another foot of snow on top of what has already been a record breaking year for snow. Sometimes the winter feels soooooooo long. Today I talked to the President of a client company. For them, business is down over 40%. I have talked to business ...
Views: 1516 - Planting the Seeds - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Paul FinckThe old saying says that April showers bring May flowers. However, what happens if you didn’t plant anything? It’s really hard for something to grow when you don’t plant. Of course this is just an analogy and yet it absolutely applies to your life as well. What are you putting out ...
Views: 1515 - The Trap - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Our world is full of wants and needs. When you don’t have material things, you feel underprivileged. When you don’t experience the same pleasures as others, you feel underprivileged. When you get older you start to acquire the things you lacked growing up. Your path in life changes and the ...
Views: 1515 - Thoughts - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2015 from Charlie MooreWe are at the right place at the right time. Do you believe that? If you think that you are not then let’s look at this in a different way. I believe that most of us have not moved forward enough because of self-doubt. You don’t believe in yourself, you don’t see yourself doing what you want to ...
Views: 1515 - What I Learned From Yucky Fish - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2014 from Noelle NelsonWe’re great at giving our very best in the hard moments, the crises. We pull out all the stops to save a loved one’s life, rescue a child from a burning building, salvage our marriages on the brink of divorce. We are truly, then, the shining example of what a human being is capable of. But ...
Views: 1515 - Seven Habits for Creating and Maintaining a Positive Mental Attitude - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Ryan LoweIn today’s world, we are experiencing more uncertain and troubling times than ever before. Every time you turn on the TV or get on the computer, it seems there is always more news that just weighs you down. On top of that, you have your own personal issues to deal with. This “negative storm” can ...
Views: 1514(7 votes) - Dr. Romance On Your Heart's Desire - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2017 from Tina TessinaYour heart's desire -- what could it be? So many people, including many of my clients, are searching to know what it is would satisfy them, to give their lives focus and direction. "To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business," writes Marsha Sinetar ...
Views: 1514(1 vote) - Give Courage to Your Inner Voice - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Jo Anne WhiteMoment to Moment: How we view each moment and what we think about and what we tell ourselves affect how we feel. I realize this isn’t new information yet it can remind us of our own singular and powerful role in the unpredictable scheme of our current lives. The interconnected link between mind, ...
Views: 1514 - No One is Perfect - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Marsha EganNo one is perfect, and as long as people work, there will be behavioral errors, and situations that need correcting. There is a lot of room for improvement in the way bosses, coworkers, and friends handle these situations. One of the most popular responses to correcting behavior is to ...
Views: 1514(1 vote) - Are you Living with If or When? - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Merna Throne, M.S.Here we are again meeting on a beautiful morning sharing our thoughts to loving the life we have, while dreaming of more. Is that the tape that is running in your head? Or is it a more defeating one? I have been using these very questions with many aspects of my life. Let’s look at these ...
Views: 1513(3 votes) - Common Sense Or Good Sense? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2015 from William CottringerCommon Sense Or Good Sense? By Bill Cottringer “Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”― Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It seems to be a sad common consensus today that common sense is not so common anymore. But, the validity of that conclusion really depends ...
Views: 1513 - Dancing at the Division of Motor Vehicles: How to Transform Drudgery into Joy - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Julie GenoveseAs the highway whisks me onward, I shake my head in despair. The DMV will be a zoo. It’s lunchtime...on a Friday...at the end of the month. Horrible. But I‘ve no choice. An hour ago, Bill found out he will be away on business all week. My license has to be renewed and I do not want to drag the ...
Views: 1513(1 vote) - ATTITUDE: Thinking Your Way to the Top! - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2011 from Jeff GarofaloPossibly the greatest obstacle we face in achieving success in anything is our own "negative thinking!" Self-sabotage has stopped more people from living a life filled with passion. We ask ourselves to many questions in the wrong context. You never know how really good you are until you step out ...
Views: 1512 - Change - Here's How! - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Mary Lee Gannon,Nobody said change was easy. That's why most people don't do it. But there is a deeper reason as to why it is hard that if understood, will lead you to action that will bring you new habits and sustainable results. When you evolve and grow as a person you start with: 1) VALUES which create ...
Views: 1511(3 votes) - Enjoy - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Patricia ReedDo you know what it means to enjoy? That’s a word so commonly used that perhaps we take it for granted. Maybe it’s time to think about this and allow ourselves to know what it means to enjoy. What does “enjoy” actually feel like? The definition of enjoy: to receive pleasure from; take ...
Views: 1511(2 votes) - Life is a Daring Adventure - Or Nothing - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Jessica McGregor Johnson“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than exposure.” Helen Keller. I have always loved this quote, well to be honest I have always loved the first ...
Views: 1511 - Parenting: Admitting Mistakes - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Sue BaldingAdmitting mistakes are not just for the young. Okay, it's even harder to acknowledge that we need to do this more with each other, but have you bought about doing this with your child? Being vulnerable comes with admitting mistakes. We think we have to be the constant model for our children, ...
Views: 1511 - Learning from a Dumb Bunny - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Sally MarksI have heard the expression “Dumb Bunny” used for years. Our pet rabbit does not appreciate this term. Tinkles is a sensitive creature and a tad grouchy. I don’t want to upset him so I try not to use the “dumb bunny” idiom. In fact, our pet is not only a smart little hopper, he was a catalyst ...
Views: 1510(6 votes) - Strong Leaders need Strong Minds! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2014 from Dr. Anne Brown(We all need Strong Minds!) "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered you will never grow." Ralph Waldo Emerson The most important asset one can have is a strong mind. Forget all the material things many think are so important and would be lost without; a strong mind is ...
Views: 1510(1 vote) - If It's Broke - Don't fix It! - by Submitted on May 20, 2008 from Marlene BuffaWe've all heard the tell-tale idiom, “If it ain't broke, don't fix it.” This wise insight instructs us to stop imposing revisions on that which already functions sufficiently – no enhancements necessary. Like a woman whose natural beauty shines forth, altering the symmetry of ...
Views: 1509 - Is Frustration Ruining Your Peace Of Mind? Manage Life’s Challenges with Greater Ease and Calm. - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2018 from Christiana StarWho has not found themselves irritated or dismayed about things happening in their lives? Frustration is more common and socially acceptable than anger and rage but it fulfils a similar function and if chronic is also very damaging. The ‘Benefits’ of Being Frustrated. Whether directed at ...
Views: 1509 - New Year's Resolutions: Friend or Foe? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2013 from Liz WolfeWhen I was a child, we had a family friend who we would often visit on Saturdays. They had a wonderful big old house, and being scholarly types, had bookshelves full of books. There weren’t many there that were kid friendly, but one day I came upon a hardbound collection of Wonder Woman ...
Views: 1509 - Unsupportive People - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2014 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Before I start this article about unsupportive people, I would like to explain some important details to you. In this article you will see how uncompassionate and narrow minded some of these people are. Let’s start by describing the unsupportive person; this person can be male or female, old ...
Views: 1509 - Are You Answering your Calling? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2013 from Ali RodriguezLook around you, now look inward. Are you doing what you are meant to do? Are you happy in and with your surroundings? Is there something you think you would be better off doing? Do you find yourself having frequent inner dialogues full of complaints or full of “I’d rather be ...
Views: 1508(1 vote) - Give Up, Give In or Give Everything - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2013 from Anita AlleyneThat’s the message printed on the front of my mini notebook that I keep by the bedside and carry around with me for my creative capture moments. In recent weeks, examples of the three phrases have been popping up in everyday life. Brenda, a client turned colleague met up with me for some ...
Views: 1508 - Optional Influence - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Lyndsey ShafferWe all have influence over our options and in turn, our options give us influence. It is not others who give us options, it is ourselves. We have the power to enable possibilities within our minds. “Practical” and “rational” are the enemies of this type of internal empowerment. They are self ...
Views: 1508(5 votes) - The Essence Of Numerology Meanings Unveiled - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2013 from Dave FlemingExploring The Numerology Meanings Depths A lot of people believe that Numerology is a good path to finding out ones own lucky numbers and then leave the idea at that. Nonetheless, while numerology will reveal numbers and sequences that could in all probability be beneficial to each of us, ...
Views: 1508(1 vote) - What are Your Kids’ Favorite Things? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2015 from Sharon BallantineSince this is the 50th anniversary of one of the all time great, positive family movies, The Sound of Music, it seems appropriate to talk about some of your favorite things. More importantly, it’s an opportunity to be sure you know what your kids’ favorite things are. The song “These are a ...
Views: 1508 - What is the role of trekking agency for trekking in Nepal? - by Submitted on May 25, 2015 from Harry JamesIf you love adventure then going for trekking is one of the best choices for you to have a memorable visiting to highest mounts of Himalayas. There are number of options for trekking to choose from and with the right decision for trekking location, it will be easy to make this journey ...
Views: 1508(1 vote) - Seeking Personal Goals as Parents While Investing in Our Children's Interests - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2017 from Tyler JacobsonWhen we become parents, it's hard sometimes to remember that our children are separate individuals, with unique abilities, talents, and personalities. Yet it's extremely important to learn how to balance our own goals for them with the interests they have for themselves. Let's talk about how we ...
Views: 1507 - We're All Doing the Best We Can - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2011 from Mike RobbinsI'm sometimes amazed and embarrassed by how critical I can be - both of other people and of myself. Even though I both teach and practice the power of appreciation (as well as acceptance, compassion, and more) when I find myself feeling scared, threatened, or insecure (which happens more often ...
Views: 1507 - Dr. Romance: Into Each Life - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2017 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: As a parade went by, one of the horses pulling a float entry left a memento in the middle of the road right in front of where we were watching from the sidewalk. From that point on, every band or group that came marching down the road marched bravely on, right through the ...
Views: 1505(1 vote) - Learn to Quiet Your Harsh Ego - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2012 from Debbi DickinsonI use to be my own worst critic when I use to fall short of my expectations of myself. It didn't matter if my expectations were big or small; all would have me chastising myself for being less that superwoman. And that is my ego, desiring to be the best mother, friend, worker, manager, lover, ...
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